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DEMONS OF THE WOODS.
How the Inhabitants of Many Coun-
tries Come TO Believe In Them.

How the Inhabitants of Many Coun-
tries Come to Believe In Them.
From the TyrOl, from Switzerland,
from Germany, or from Brittany, says
the Gentleman's Magazine, come well
asGertained accounts OF the popular be-
lief in certain wild spirits OF the woods,
who are painted in all the most frigtful
shapes the Imagination can suggest, and
are characterized by their delight in ev-
cry possible form OF malev violence. They
kidnap and devour children, bewitch
the cattle, and lead men to lose their
way in the forest. They can assume
any size, from the diminutive to the
most gigantic; nor is any form OF bird
or beast an impossible personatiOn
OF them. The Skongman, the for
est spirit of Sweden. is like a man, but
tall as the highest tree; he decOys men
into the wood, and, when they have
hOpelessly lost their way, and begin to
weep for fear leaves them with mock
ing laughter. The conception is well
the natives of the forests OF Brazil,
showing with what uniformity similar
conditions produce similar effects upon
the human mind But the Russian spir-
its Ljeschi (frOm a Polish word for
wood are even more Significant; for not
only are the usual diabolical attributes
assigned TO them, such as the leading Of
men astray or the sending to them OF
sickness, but also the conventional dia-
bolical features. Their bodies are after
the human pattern, but they have
the ears and horns of goats, their
feet are clOeven and their fingers
end in claws. The Russian wood
spirit Is, In fact the devil OF medieval
Imagination and nothing else, fact
which strongly supports the Inference
that 1t is from the wood and from the
wind rustling over the tree-tops that
the idea of the supernatural agency OF
devils first took possession OF the imag-
ination Of mankind.
1t il no way inconsistent with this
theory that beside devils of the forest
there are those OF the air at the water.
The conception ia one which would
have met with no barrier to the eXten-
sion of its dominions, and the devil OF
the tree or forest would from the first
be closely associated with. If at all dis
tinguished from, the spirit that moved
In the trees and was powerful enough to
overturn In this way the wild spirits
of the woods would pass insensibly into
those spirits of the air which our an
cestOrs identified with the Wild Hunts
man, and which English peasants still
often hear when they listen to the
passage OF the Seven Whstlers.
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PERSONAL,
Eugene Csrolan Is again very sick.

Eugene Csrolan Is again very sick.
Mira Jopis Roous of St Iouis i
the Mayerick
80
Mr.. W. hutonisoh' vi Dan Marcos
ID mere on business.
Rev. DIR. Mel and family leave tOmOr
row morning to visit Waukesha.
Th. w;00ao w.,r q, Nortb Eloro
street are snmmerinp At Cornns Christi
MISS Helen smell, OF hamilton county
Texas Is III the OF. Leoharu.
Green Martin. a prominent stockmaI
of Uyalde, is registered at the Southern
Co poou ,,,.~,.. ..,o o.,
.ho tSis,y aio,hth distrint "a s,onn;1o q
~ Snnt5orp :
)r. IL. Hen physician who treated him
'.Sf anout toIulngsleIuer' Ifoin houston'
Is one OF the laIest arrNa'5 NJ 'ne
Southern.
Alfred Theskston, represen ting Kicker
& Lee, of Galveston, is stopping at the
Maverick.
George and Mrs. Schroeder, who have
been e6ioyinp trip TO Galveston, have
returned home much benefited by the
Trim.
!. II. Macmanus, OF the Southern
Barbed Wire company. st. Louis, is in
the civ.
~ pyo,,,ni wooItbv tobacco mer-
chant, Of Monterey, Mexico, is In the
CITY with MS son on ms way 10 MS pa-
tive Italy, 10 put MS SUI III 'oiie &C.
MIR. Calvin d. Rice is recovering, and
will leave tomorrow for the mountains,
where he hopes TO regain his lost
health.
Mr. and MIRA. Il. p. Ssner and Mrs.
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Too Bad.

II the city marshal enforces the ordi-
nance against horseback parties riding
at night through our streets, the young
society women and men will feel that
the peculiar charm Of their pleasure is
gone. How dull will il be to ride quiet
~ through town and not be able TO at
tract attention, and the sight, so awful
" funny, you know, of seeing the hum
Bile burghers rush to their front doors to
see II their adobe walls or plate glass
doors were shattered by the conclusion
and rush OF iron hoots, will be vanished
forever. Too bad.
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Popular Education.

We sympathize with the feeling which often
leads citizens 10 boast that no child born in
this country need grow up in ignorance, and
vet il is a fact that many people who nave
learned to read and write have never taught
themselves to think. A man vino suffered
from catarrh consumption, bronchitis, scrOf-
ula or liver complaint" might read, til his
eyes dropped out how these and many other
diseases have been cured by Dir. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery, but if he did not
take the lesson to himself and test the virtues
of this great medicine, his time would he
thrown
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County Court.

The commissioners passed upon the
quarterly reports Of the district clerk
and the sheriff this morning, ana the
county judge took occasion TO comPll-
ment the sheriff, Nat Lewis, upon the
excellence of his report in every detail.
Nat is quite elated over the compliment
and Is Justly proud of the consciousness
or having acquitted himself well.
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!nnr iyer-that,s yery pIaln
Potts ceased bis sIghIng and bought Do nd.
Bodenmann's Birthday.

The Sweitzer verein gave a private
party at Muth's pavilion last night In
honor OF the birthday of one OF the es-
teemed members, John U. Bodenmann,
and members and invited guests appear
ed to have a most enjoyable time. Mr..
Bodenmann was the recipient OF several
beautiful bOquets, and of many deserved
compliments.
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His VIsItationS.

Bishop Elliott announces that Bishop
Garrett will make the following vista
tions for him:
Luling-Wednesdsy night, August 10.
CuerO-Sunday, August IA.
VictOria-ruesday, August l6.
GOliad-Thursday, August Is.
Corpus Christi-Sunday, August Il.
Laredo night, August "A.
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Capt. Sleker and Mr.. Henry Orsay
will make an official inspection OF the
Bolkuap Rifles and their armOry on
Thursday night. All members are re-
quested to be in attendance, and
absentees will be fined, because 1t is i'm
portant that members should present
themselves for inspection.
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LADIES DON'T READ THIS.
DEEP HEAvINGGsIGH

From a woman i'm health should mot
sIwovs he taken as sign of love. 1t
may he the result of an unsatisfactory
purchase. But If you. will go to
Ernest 4 Yarbrough the popular drug
gists for your fine toilet articles, per
fums, soaps, combs, brushes, meul-
Gins and chemicals, you will have no
cause for grief over unsatlslaclory
,'p,rcboses we do our own work and
Zoe that orr customers are properly
waited on. Young ladies bring your
hest fellows and make them drop their
uicklcs at Ernest y Narbr0ugh,s arcIlG
soda fountain, corner SOledad ana
Main plaza Prescriptions specially
Telephone No. 20
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Notice TO the Public.

As many persons prefer to come out
to make purchases during the cooler
hours. | will during the balance of July
and the month OF August keep my store
open until p. IN. every evening and on
Saturdays until 10 p. m.
7l2tf l., WoLFSON.
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Recorders Court,

Pat Galloway, drunk, s..
Mike McDermOtt, fast driving, $40.
Mile Wheeler, insulting language, 81.
Willie Maibaum, disOrderly, con-
tinued.
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Sanitary Inspector Opperman con-
demned lot more unripe ard Oyerripe
melons on Military plaza yesterday.
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MISS INFORMATION!

NV Perfumery and Drugs are most worthy OF
ESTIMATION, after long and serious Considera-
ton. of the Reputation, my $50 Triple Extracts
ous INCLINATION. and removed my Habtaton'
10 a close 3lS East Commerce street SITUATION,
I'm order that all may pay Visitation, lot the
sake al buvinR and having frequent Con
y,eTsation. III my Domestic and Imported Per
fumery shall meet with your Appreciation,
Won will homeward wend your way without
Stimulation, and will remain ever S0.uTTSSo ,r
Prescriptions carefully compounded. open
dav and night Telephone No. 20.
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"Ah mel" sighed Potts, I'm tired of living,
The world is hollow, ambitions vain
Come now said his chum, 81 know the
symptoms;
It's all your liver-that's very plain.
You need not suffer, for help is easy;
Plerce's Pellets go right to the place.
"A friend to the bilious ] well might call
them
There's nothing better; they'll suit your
case"
Potts ceased his signing and bought the pei
let's"
No more he mOurneth his hapless lot!
His face is cheerful, his heart is lghtsOme,
His melancholy is quite forgot.
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New Suits In District Court.

Udell & Crunden vs. Erastus Reed,
for debt.
Margaret Mcllwane va. W. j. Nell
wane, for divorce, on the ground of cruel
treatment.
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The Relknaps Wanted.

The grocery and confectionery oppo-
site High school. Apply at store. 1t
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INTRODUCTION.

DECEMBER g.
"I have Just buried my boy, my poor
handsome boy, of whom was so proud, and
my heart is broken. 1t Is very hard, having
only one son, to lose him thus; but Gods will
be done. Who am / that should complains
The great wheel of fate rolls on like Jugger-
naut, and brushes US all in turn; some soon,
some late, it does not matter when; in the
end it brushes us all. We do not PROSTATE
ourselves before it like the poor Indians; we
fly hither and thither-we cry for mercy;
but it is of no use, the blind, black fate
thunders on, and in its season reduces us to
powder.
Poor Harry to go so soon just when his
life was opening to him. He was doing SO
well at the hospital; he had passed his last
examination with honors and / was proud
of them; much prouder than he was. think.
And then he must needs go to that smallpox
hospital He wrote to me that he was not
afraid of smallpox, and wanted TO gain the
experience, and now the disease has killed
him; and /, old and gray and withered, am
left to mourn over him, without chick OF
Child to comfort me. I might have saved
him. tool have money enough for both OF
us, and much more than enough-King
Solomon's mines provided me with that but
said No, let the boy earn his living let
him labor that he may enjoy rest But the
rest has come to him before the labor. Oh,
my boy, my boyl
II am like the man in the Bible who laid up
much goods and builded barns-goods for my
boy, and barns for him to store them in; and
now his soul has been required of him and
am left desolate l would that it had been
my soul and not my lyoy'sl
awe buried him tliis afternoon under the
shadow of the gray and ancient tower of the
church of this village where my house is. 1t
was a dreary December afternoon, and the
sky was heavy with snow, but not much was
falling. The coffin was put down by the
grave, and few big flakes lit upon it. They
looked very white upon the black cloth.
There was little hitch about getting the
coffin down into the grave-the necessary
ropes had been forgotten; so we drew back
from it and waited in silence, watching the
big flakes fall gently one by one like heavenly
benedictions and melt in tears on Harry's
pail But that was not ALL A robin red
breast came as bold as could be and lit upon
the coffin and began to sing And then | am
afraid that broke down, and so did Sir Henry
Curtis, strong man though he is; and as for
Capt Good, l saw him turn away too; even
in my own distress could not help noticing
it,
The above signed "Allan Quatermain," is
an extract from my diary written two years
and more ago. / copy it down here because
it seems to me that it is the fittest beginning
to the history that l am about to write, If it
please God to spare me to finish it. Ii not,
well, it does not matter.
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The Cons,sps Yarn.

at is very kind Of you to come round," l
said, by way of making remark; ut must
have been heavy walking in the snow"
They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly
filled his pipe and lit it with burning EN-
Der. As he leaned forward to do so the fire
got hold of n gassy bit of pine and flared up
brightly, throwing the whole scene into
strong relief, and thought what a splendid
looking man he is. Calm, powerful face,
clear cut features, large gray eyes, yellow
beard and hair-altogether a magnificent
specimen of the higher type of humanity.
Nor did his form belle his face. have never
seen wider. shoulders or a deeper chest In
deed, Sir Henrys girth is so great that,
though he is six foot two high, be does not
strike one as O tall man. As | looked at him
could not help thinking what curious
contrast my little dried up self presented to
his grand face and form. Imagine to your
self a small withered, yellow faced man of
63, with thin hands, large brown eyes, head
of griZzled hair cut short and standing up
like a half worn scrubbing brush-total
weight in my clothes, nine stone six-and
you will get very fair idea of Allan Quater-
main, commonly called Hunter Quatermain,
or by the natives "Macumazahn" -anglice,
he who keeps bright lookout at night, or,
in vulgar English, a sharp fellow who is not
to be taken in.
Then there was Good, who is not like either
OF us. being short, dark, stout-very stout
with twinbling black eyes, in one Of which
an eye glass iseverlestingly fixed. Isay stout,
but it is Il mild term; | regret to state that
OF late years Good has been running to stom-
aah in a most disgraceful way. Sir Henry
tells him that it comes from idleness and
Hoo ,,,4I slys,ft a oil
4 though he cannot deny it.
n They sat and smoked and drank whisky
and water, and stood by the fire also smok-
81 ing and looking at them.
At last spoke @Old friends, said, show
long is it since we got back from kukuana-
landP
aThree years. said Good. "why do you
askF
II ask because / think that l have had q
hong enough spell of civilization. am going
back to the veldt
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continued IN our negt,
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tort large extra payment from US In the re-
suit he threatened TO set the Masai-about
whom more anon--on to us, That night he,
with all our hired bearers, holted, stealing
most of the goods which had been intrusted
TO them TO carry. Luckily, however, they
had not happened to steal our rifles, auimuni-
ton and personal effects; not because of any
delicacy of feeling ON their part, but owing
to the fact that they CHANGED to be in the
charge of Che five Wakwafls After thatsit
was clear 10 us that we had had enough Of
caravans aud of bearers. Indeed, we had not
much lett for a caravan TO carry. And yet
how were we to get ons
1t was Good who solved the question.
"Here is water he said, pointing to the Tana
river; aand yesterday saw party Of ma
tives hunting hippopotami in canoes. under
stand that Mr.. Mackepzies mission station is
on the Tana river. Why not get into canoes
and paddle up to itssAW
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% CONSERVATIVES.
July 1886.

re undersigned having been re-
3ra 70 health by simple means, after
ti t1g for several years with severe
e,, alseetioa, and that dread disease
consumption, is anxious to make
SHOWN to his fellow sufferers the means
cg cure. To those who desire it, he will
cloerfully send free Of charge o copy
Of the prescription used, which they
win lndasure cure for Consumption,
Asthma, CataTFh, bronchitis and
ell throat and lung Maladies. lie
hopes aIl sufferers viii try his Remedy,
as It is invaluable. Those desiring the
prescription. which viii cost them moth
ing, and may prove o. blessing, wiz
please address, REv. EDWARD u. WIZ
SON, Williamsburg, Kings Couafy
New York.
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"See, here IS the tate OF Mem.
to long rows of notches cut in the rhinoceros
horn handle of his ak Number them, Macu-
northumberland have never counted but
those whom have ripped open, nor have
reckoned those whom another man had
struck
abe silent,n said, for / saw that he was
getting the blood fever on him; 'be silent;
well art thou called the 'Slaughterer.' We
would not hear Of thy deeds of blood Re-
member, il thou CONTEST with us we fight not
save in self defense Listen; we need SER
wants These men"-and l pointed to the
Wakwaf, who had retired little way dur
ing our "indaba" (talk)-''say they viii not
come"
@Will not comet" shouted Umslopogaas;
@where is the dog who says he win not come
when my Father ordersl Here, thou and
with single bound he sprung upon the WAX
wafi with whom i had first spoken, and seiz-
ing him by the arm, dragged him towards us.
"Thou dogl" he said, giving the terrified man
shake. "didst thou say that thou wouldst
not go with my Fatherl Say it once more and
will choke thee"-and his long fingers closed
around his throat as he said it-"thee, and
those with thee. Hast thou forgotten how
served thy brotherSp
aNay, we win como with the white man"
gasped the man.
"White mani" went on Umslopogaas, in sim
ulated fury, which very little provocation
would have made real enough; "of whom
speakest thou, insolent dogg'
"Nay, we win go with the great chief.n
''So,p said Umslopcgaas, in q quiet voice, as
he suddenly released his hold, so that the man
fell backward. ~ thought you would"
'That man Umslopogaas seems to have a
curious moral ascendency over his compan-
ions" Good afterwards remarked, thought
fully.
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Organs.

Has attained standard Of excellence which,
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It contains every improvement that inventive
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CHAPTER /.
THE CoNsUL'S YARN.

A week has passed since the funeral of my
poor boy Harry, and one evening l was in
my room walking up and down and thinking,
when there was ring at the outer door.
Going down the steps l opened it myself, and
in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and
Capt. John Good, R. N They entered the
vestibule and sat themselves down before the
wide hearth, where I remember particu-
larly good fire of logs was burning
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TIME undersigned respectfully informs the
( citizens OF MartiDsbufg and Herbeey
;ouuty that be has opened Coal AND Wood
Office and Flour and Feed Store at 20 Queen.
street where all orders IN my Lac VIII re-
Give prompt attention. sh4ve ppt n pair.
III Fairbanks new scales and al coal sold By
ue viii be weighed and full weight guar
.Atctd Piedmont and Cumberland run Of
anne Fine and Lamp Coal; also best qlali-
yut and Egg anthracite coal always on
AJa.
Fari lers having Corn, Oats and Hay 10 seIA
II. solicited to see me btforeselling. Thank
n9 the public for the liberal patronage ex-
ended me, and collecting youFfurther favoras
I am respectfully yours,
jv24-ly. j. w hOr EhIo.
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CHAPTER II.
THE BLACK HAND.

In due course we left Larnu, and ten days
afterwards we found ourselves al a spot called
Chara, ON the Tana river, having gone
through many adventures which need not be
recorded here.
At Charra we had violent quarrel with
the headman Of the bearers we had hired TO
go as far as this, and who now wished TO ex-
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Allan QlatGlnail
BY III. RIDER HAGGARD.

AUTHOR OF KING soLoaoN's MINES" SHE"
'JEss," THE wITcHs HEAD ETC.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-15

Some weeks ago it was reported that
certain concessions would be made Phila.
delphia capitalists by the Chinese govern
ment and that the American system of
banking would be established in that
country. Soon after, this report was
partially contradicted and it was sta led
that the Chinese Emperor had been pre-
vailed upon by his conservative ministers
and noblemen to refuse in part the con
ditions which were necessary for the pro-
posed banking operations. There resulted
in consequence of this denial a great deal
of controversy and finally those interested
Investigated the matter and satisfied them
selves that some other man than China
man was responsible for the change in the
attitude Of the Emperor, toward the enter
prise. 1t has now been positively dis
covered that an Englishman has been very
influential 10 converting the Emperor to
the British view of the situation which
means, the banking business of China tor
Johnnie Bull.